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for nato it was a success. i believe we validated the strategic concept and the need for rapid response to our crisis. and it can be done. it can be done, and i think today i see many improvements as people go there. finally, we've made some new partnerships. from a military perspective, i think we need to continue to work on military cognizance. we need to link these together and be able to talk to each other as partners into an alliance. bautz because a lot of our national systems, because we have lots of stovepipes and we have to build new systems to bridge these points, and my point to the makers of these systems is i don't need translator boxes that will take various languages or various classifications, i need multiple language systems that i can jump back and forth while allowing them to have their own privacy and secrecy. i think we've learned that it's smaller bombs that we require. we need precision-guided ammunition with low collateral damage effects. we need to be able to link eef other and we need
for nato it was a success. i believe we validated the strategic concept and the need for rapid response to our crisis. and it can be done. it can be done, and i think today i see many improvements as people go there. finally, we've made some new partnerships. from a military perspective, i think we need to continue to work on military cognizance. we need to link these together and be able to talk to each other as partners into an alliance. bautz because a lot of our national systems, because we...
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we, nato. we, the nato training mission, afghanistan. we've taught 200,000 afghan soldiers and policemen to read. now, they're not going to go write a novel like marcel prous. but they are functionally litera literate. they are hungry for this knowledge. when you are a man or a woman in afghanistan and you can read, you put a pen in your pocket. and when the graduates of the reading course, again, 200,000 so far, about 70,000 in classes now, when they graduate, we give them a pen to put in their pocket. that is an extraordinary moment to watch a young afghan man or woman take that pen as a symbol of literacy. now, we are also teaching them to fight. that's our job. but we have to take a broader, more comprehensive approach to try and create security, and this is an example of it. next, please. another way in which our security sector is trying to be helpful to diplomacy and development is the use of hospital ships. i could talk quite a long time about this. this was from my three years as the commander of southern command. i was statione
we, nato. we, the nato training mission, afghanistan. we've taught 200,000 afghan soldiers and policemen to read. now, they're not going to go write a novel like marcel prous. but they are functionally litera literate. they are hungry for this knowledge. when you are a man or a woman in afghanistan and you can read, you put a pen in your pocket. and when the graduates of the reading course, again, 200,000 so far, about 70,000 in classes now, when they graduate, we give them a pen to put in...
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as of august 2008 there were nato allies that insisted that nato not stand up to nato koupt poi rah see. the reason this took place through september to october, it became obvious that the eu was incapable of mounting a counterpiracy operation in a timely fashion. in fact, it was not able to do so until december of that year. all of a sudden the prohibition of nato doing counterpiracy became a demand that nato do counter piracy. we go forward to december 2008, at atlanta finally stands up and there's a prohibition again? >> in one sentence, what's the question? >> the question is how do we prevent these kind of economically irresponsible duplication of capabilities and operations in the future? >> thank you for your question. it's a fascinating question. i think if i had an answer to the question, i'd solve a lot of problems within the european union. regarding the counterpiracy operations, it is very clear that the eu could not do it alone. what i was trying to say is that the uu is doing its part, trying to develop capabilities in order to take part in such operations. the eu as an in
as of august 2008 there were nato allies that insisted that nato not stand up to nato koupt poi rah see. the reason this took place through september to october, it became obvious that the eu was incapable of mounting a counterpiracy operation in a timely fashion. in fact, it was not able to do so until december of that year. all of a sudden the prohibition of nato doing counterpiracy became a demand that nato do counter piracy. we go forward to december 2008, at atlanta finally stands up and...
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they had the chance to convey their messages to nato, and we had the chance to explain what nato stands for. >> the question regarding the presence of canada in afghanistan. let me stress that my statement was not addressed to canada. it is a general statement from me, that i would appreciate if nato allies and partners would continue to contribute to the nato-led training mission that will start in 2015. and that also answers the second part of your question. i hope that canada would be in the position to contribute after 2014, already today. training activities in afghanistan. we appreciate that contribution. having said that, it is a national decision. >> i think the clear message from this summit will be that we stay committed to our operations. that we will continue to transfer and hand over responsibility to the afghans. we have laid out already -- when we met in 2010. this process has, as you all know, already started today. about half of the afghan population lives in places the afghans have lead responsibility. this process will be completed by the end of 2014. we will continue
they had the chance to convey their messages to nato, and we had the chance to explain what nato stands for. >> the question regarding the presence of canada in afghanistan. let me stress that my statement was not addressed to canada. it is a general statement from me, that i would appreciate if nato allies and partners would continue to contribute to the nato-led training mission that will start in 2015. and that also answers the second part of your question. i hope that canada would be...
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we are going to have to step up if were going to make nato, nato russia and the reset in the future. >> guys, that is all of the time we have today. we appreciate it. coming up next, are lasers ready for the battlefield? stay tuned. i didn't quite know thiwhat to expect.our. i'd seen the images on tv, but until you're in the thick of it... anyway the guys in my unit who'd been here before, told me just ride it out, keep my head down and remember the reason i'm here. and we're paying for it all with my cashrewards card from navy federal. we're earning cash back! bring it. brought it. brung. 4 million members. 4 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> the pentagon has invested billions of dollars in directed energy systems from lasers to microwave beams that have promised game changing abilities. they can easily shoot down enemy rockets without costly conventional missiles but with beams of light. but lasers have had short comings, prompting skepticism among leaders. robert gates canceled the long running airborne laser, a 747 jetliner with a powerful laser to shoot down enemy
we are going to have to step up if were going to make nato, nato russia and the reset in the future. >> guys, that is all of the time we have today. we appreciate it. coming up next, are lasers ready for the battlefield? stay tuned. i didn't quite know thiwhat to expect.our. i'd seen the images on tv, but until you're in the thick of it... anyway the guys in my unit who'd been here before, told me just ride it out, keep my head down and remember the reason i'm here. and we're paying for...
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they have an ambassador at nato whose job is to have an interaction with nato and we will find whatever partnership activity, partnership relationship belgrade wants we are willing to support it. with respect to bosn bosnia-herzegovina, it remains one of the few areas there is large agreement across the entire country. and bosnia has made significant steps in recent weeks and months on meeting some of the key requirements with respect to defense property, registration, that will enable them too much a new relationship with nato in the weeks and months ahead demonstrating that nato and the ability to become a member of nato remains one of those things that helps political consensus form in the country, to make the kind of difficult political decisions that sometimes are necessary in order to move forward. so we are hopeful that bosnia will continue down that path and enable it to move closer to nato membership as it makes the reforms that are necessary. >> i can't hear you. can you speak up a little? [ inaudible ] >> is going to have a referendum about nato. i'm not talking about the who
they have an ambassador at nato whose job is to have an interaction with nato and we will find whatever partnership activity, partnership relationship belgrade wants we are willing to support it. with respect to bosn bosnia-herzegovina, it remains one of the few areas there is large agreement across the entire country. and bosnia has made significant steps in recent weeks and months on meeting some of the key requirements with respect to defense property, registration, that will enable them too...
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has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done in through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago alex our nerve first phone nato deputy secretary general thank you very much for listening to a pleasure. to be soo much brighter if you knew more about someone from funniest impressions so. please for instance on t.v. dot com. it was voted in as prime minister the country's lawmakers a new government of president putin has already own corrections to russia's political course. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against . some of them have been camping out overnight after police made around four hundred arrests for clashes only evolve. and france's nearly. as little time to enjoy the taste of victory as he needs to get down to business to bring about promised change leaving the era behind bringing an end to previous foreign policy and tackling austerity among the new president. with more o
has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done in through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago alex our nerve first phone nato deputy secretary general thank you very much for listening to a pleasure. to be soo much brighter if you knew more about someone from funniest impressions so. please for instance on t.v. dot com. it was voted in as prime minister the country's...
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and activities that nato is carrying out. and finely i'll end by highlighting a few of the challenges that nato faces in its attempts to respond to the advent of cyber conflict. so let's begin with that typology. i'll present these in the order of least to most damaging, which also happens to be the order of most common to least common. so the first is simply just cyber act vism. it allows activists to collect and public information, to engage in dialogue, coordinate their actions and to lobby those in power. we've seen this most recently that the important use that the occupy wall street people have done for those purposes. the vast majority of occupy's of
and activities that nato is carrying out. and finely i'll end by highlighting a few of the challenges that nato faces in its attempts to respond to the advent of cyber conflict. so let's begin with that typology. i'll present these in the order of least to most damaging, which also happens to be the order of most common to least common. so the first is simply just cyber act vism. it allows activists to collect and public information, to engage in dialogue, coordinate their actions and to lobby...
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nato in fact will be doing that in 2014 in transitioning to the future. as you look out there, what are the changes you see in warfare and what are the trends that you will have to start getting the alliance ready for? >> i think the main change to go away from the large, very large corporations. we still prepare for major operations in case there is a threat to the allies. but we go from this major operations in a member nation to things which are much more defused and more difficult to identify. when we counterterrorism and we start canceling -- all these individuals are there that can pull many strings military sometimes with quite bit of equipment we see now from nations have submarines. >> guided musicians. >> exactly. or we can pull the string and all this continues to be in sequentially. a new very difficult to progress where we get prepared to because engagement is not reducing. it's broadening. >> and that was what increases your focus on both inner operatability and counter-ser-- surveillance. >> and various acts what we call in nato the compreh
nato in fact will be doing that in 2014 in transitioning to the future. as you look out there, what are the changes you see in warfare and what are the trends that you will have to start getting the alliance ready for? >> i think the main change to go away from the large, very large corporations. we still prepare for major operations in case there is a threat to the allies. but we go from this major operations in a member nation to things which are much more defused and more difficult to...
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in this case, nato is, as a place that offers that. outside nato, if not nato, then what? well, we've seen the coalition led by the u.s., where the u.s. has taken the lead, but i think the alliance offers you a different -- a different solution. it offers a solution where, as i said, we can share risk and share responsibilities more equally. i think secretary gates, and secretary panetta and indeed secretary clinton have both talked about being more inclusive and increasing everybody's participation, and burden sharing, improving an increasing burden sharing. but -- and to do that for 28 nations in nato, i think, international legitimacy is probably a requirement to bring those 28 nations together. it's either that or a sufficiently heinous act that will trigger 28 nations. and partners, to do that. so, legitimacy, nato, and how can you get nato to operate together? but i talked about also in partners, because then regional, regional balance, i think, or regional support is important. in a case of libya, we had three arab nations, sweden joined us, and we had, of course, t
in this case, nato is, as a place that offers that. outside nato, if not nato, then what? well, we've seen the coalition led by the u.s., where the u.s. has taken the lead, but i think the alliance offers you a different -- a different solution. it offers a solution where, as i said, we can share risk and share responsibilities more equally. i think secretary gates, and secretary panetta and indeed secretary clinton have both talked about being more inclusive and increasing everybody's...
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if you're nato and looking what the nato presence could be. the afghan side. what we have to figure first is what do we think we're going to need to do the job? what needs to be -- what needs to be some of the factors when you look at it. one the major factors is the size, part of what drives the number, will be conditions on the ground, the type of job faced after 2014, what will the taliban look like. these are all right know factors. so many depends on how much we're able to degrade the taliban. that presence less of a threat to afghanistan and the asf. that impacts the size. we know there's an important election coming up. in terms of security and making sure that election goes off without a security threat. so the pencils are moving and we're still a little at work. in chicago nato is going to produce its strategic plan with afghanistan trying to deal with these numbers as you know we just kind, lass, the u.s. strategic partnership with the afghans. we're right now putting down on wayer. that will impact what the asfs will look like. that will have the co
if you're nato and looking what the nato presence could be. the afghan side. what we have to figure first is what do we think we're going to need to do the job? what needs to be -- what needs to be some of the factors when you look at it. one the major factors is the size, part of what drives the number, will be conditions on the ground, the type of job faced after 2014, what will the taliban look like. these are all right know factors. so many depends on how much we're able to degrade the...
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he has a book coming out on nato's security future in greece. i think just from their resumes you can see they've each got a lot to offer on this particular top topic. i'll be asking them to speak for 10 to 12 minutes, and i shall be playing the role of the wicked witch if they look like they're going over time. julie, start with you, please. >> great. thank you very much. thank you for the invitation. it's good to see some old friends and faces, particularly from basic. so we all know that the defense budgets of allies inside the nato alliance have been an ongoing challenge for the alliance. and not just in terms of what allies spend. i think it's also been a question of how allies spend the budgets that they have in hand. and this has become increasingly worse over the last couple of years for a couple of reasons, most notably the financial crisis, which all of the 28 members of the alliance are grappling with and turning to their defense budgets for some possible relief, including cults that are coming here in the united states. but what's ch
he has a book coming out on nato's security future in greece. i think just from their resumes you can see they've each got a lot to offer on this particular top topic. i'll be asking them to speak for 10 to 12 minutes, and i shall be playing the role of the wicked witch if they look like they're going over time. julie, start with you, please. >> great. thank you very much. thank you for the invitation. it's good to see some old friends and faces, particularly from basic. so we all know...
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nato leaders gathered around chicago and endorsed plans hold out by the end of 2014. a deal between the u.s. and pakistan is proving elusive. the defense correspondent joins us. >> many that have combat troops there are very keen today to put on a united front. a deal is being done, they know what the mission will look like after nato's combat forces come. at the same time, then made clear then as president obama put it, it will not stand alone. >> those that gave their lives in combat, nato leaders gathered for the traditional family photo. like any family gathering, things rarely go as smoothly as planned. france wants to pull its combat troops out of afghanistan sooner rather than later. most were keen to play it down. the focus today is very much on what happens next. nato won't abandon its country even after combat troops go, something the president obama was keen to give in. >> today, we can agree with of the afghan security forces. >> the president might finally be enroute today, but there is no meeting present obama as long as pakistan continues to ask $5,000
nato leaders gathered around chicago and endorsed plans hold out by the end of 2014. a deal between the u.s. and pakistan is proving elusive. the defense correspondent joins us. >> many that have combat troops there are very keen today to put on a united front. a deal is being done, they know what the mission will look like after nato's combat forces come. at the same time, then made clear then as president obama put it, it will not stand alone. >> those that gave their lives in...
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contribution to the nato response force. and, again, we can get into some of those details in the q & a. so i fear i've spoken too long already. i'm going to leave it at that. and turn it over to the next person on the panel. thank you. >>. >> judy, thank you very much for very rapidly going through what is quite a packed agenda, when you start to look at these issues, and it's very difficult to -- in the time allotted. you were very genius as well to describe britain's future defense struggles as a bell curve. i think in the uk it's been described as kind of a black hole around $35 billion worth of defense expenditures which has been pushed into the future. because the country can't afford to pay for it now, so we're looking for carrier programs and try dent replacement. but these are challenges for the future. i'm going to pass on to the second speaker. >> thank you. thank you, julie. this was really very good. first i would like to say that in real life snow white would be dead without the dwarfs. so -- and i would also l
contribution to the nato response force. and, again, we can get into some of those details in the q & a. so i fear i've spoken too long already. i'm going to leave it at that. and turn it over to the next person on the panel. thank you. >>. >> judy, thank you very much for very rapidly going through what is quite a packed agenda, when you start to look at these issues, and it's very difficult to -- in the time allotted. you were very genius as well to describe britain's future...
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why don't we see it at nato? i think this kind of financial environment is perfect for such a -- an ax wielder of that nature to go at nato in terms of waste and redundancy. it could potentially reduce russian anxiety, if we are spending less in terms of nato overall. that might be a good way of sitting down at the take with the russians and saying, hey, you don't have to worry about us so much as we're purchase sewering missi seweri sewering pursuing nuclear but taking a serious position reducing spending within nato. finally, there are two aspects that mitigate or militate against this happy news, from my point of view happy news. not necessarily happy news for everybody here. one is that we have a tendency to export our problems. we export our obesity problem by selling corn syrup all over the world. no surprise. we sell our arms as well, and over the last two years the obama administration has begun ton re-evaluate our export control regulations to facilitate greater arms exports. why? the reasons are obvious
why don't we see it at nato? i think this kind of financial environment is perfect for such a -- an ax wielder of that nature to go at nato in terms of waste and redundancy. it could potentially reduce russian anxiety, if we are spending less in terms of nato overall. that might be a good way of sitting down at the take with the russians and saying, hey, you don't have to worry about us so much as we're purchase sewering missi seweri sewering pursuing nuclear but taking a serious position...
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>> well, obviously if nato made the decision to go in, that would be one. if we developed an international coalition beyond nato, then obviously some kind of u.n. security resolution. >> a coalition of -- so you're saying nato would give you a legal basis and an a ad hoc coalition of legal basis? >> we were able to put together a coalition and were able to move together, then obviously we would seek whatever legal basis we would need in order to make that justified. i mean, you know, we can't just pull them all together in a combat operation without getting the legal basis on which to act. >> who are you asking sfort legfor the legal basis from? >> obviously if the u.n. passed a u.n. security resolution from libya, we would do that. if nato came together as they did in bosnia, we would rely on that. we have options here. if we want to build the kind of international approach to dealing with the situation. >> i'm all for having an international support, but i -- i'm really baffled by the idea that somehow an international assembly provides a legal basis for
>> well, obviously if nato made the decision to go in, that would be one. if we developed an international coalition beyond nato, then obviously some kind of u.n. security resolution. >> a coalition of -- so you're saying nato would give you a legal basis and an a ad hoc coalition of legal basis? >> we were able to put together a coalition and were able to move together, then obviously we would seek whatever legal basis we would need in order to make that justified. i mean,...
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has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done and through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago. deputy secretary thank you very much for this and a pleasure. sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build the most sophisticated. fortunately doesn't sound anything. to teach music creation why it should care about humans and . this is why you should care only dot com wealthy british style. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report on. the headlines on dimitri medvedev is voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers. form a brand new government meantime president putin has already offered in his own corrections to russia's political calls. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against the office some of them have been camping out overnight after police made ar
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has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done and through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago alex our nerve first tony to deputy secretary thank you very much for this and a pleasure. download the official ante up location on the phone the i pod touch from the. one jaunty life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s mine old comes and says feeds now in the palm of your. question on the t.v. dot com. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are today. to get rid of. journalism. we wanted. something. changes at the top and bottom of. new presidential policy. prime minister. with some clashes an arrest made. germany's you were dominant and then four and. france's new we elected socialist leader is facing pressure to leave the sarkozy era behind. and it's a vote for stability for man in syria after people m
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that's on top of the nato part. it will be about $243 million this year to build landstuhl which is fine. that's a priority of ours. i am for that. but the other half, $113 million is for new schools, elementary and high schools. now, obviously, if our troops are there, we need to furnish the schools that are good. but my question is, the troops that are there, are we overspending the military construction for the amount of troops that we have there and are we looking at the future on whether, in fact, it might be the rotational forces that you mentioned is more of the strategy in the pacific that maybe we would start doing that in germany and other places and cut back on this enormous military construction cost. >> i'll ask general dempsey to comment on this as well. we're doing exactly that. we're bringing two brigades home. one of the things we intend to do is emphasize more of the rotational presence that we have there and to be able to do exercises. we do have some important infrastructure there. it's very impo
that's on top of the nato part. it will be about $243 million this year to build landstuhl which is fine. that's a priority of ours. i am for that. but the other half, $113 million is for new schools, elementary and high schools. now, obviously, if our troops are there, we need to furnish the schools that are good. but my question is, the troops that are there, are we overspending the military construction for the amount of troops that we have there and are we looking at the future on whether,...
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let me be clear, nato is not a threat to russia nor is russia a threat to nato. it's no secret there are issues on which the allies differ. since 2008 nato has strongly supported the territorial integrity and that is has urged. the three summit priorities i just outlined demonstrate how far we've evolved. the reasons for its continued success are clear. the alliance has over the last 63 years proven to be an adaptable, durable, and cost provider of security. when president obama welcomes his counterparts to chicago in just over a week, the united states will be prepared to work with our allies and partners to make sure it remains vibrant and capab capable. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. secretary. we appreciate it. secretary townsent? >> chairman kerry and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here to discuss the anyw nato summit which the united states will host in chicago in may. i will describe what we hope to achieve from the defense point of view and its relevance for national security. i particularly look forward to hearin
let me be clear, nato is not a threat to russia nor is russia a threat to nato. it's no secret there are issues on which the allies differ. since 2008 nato has strongly supported the territorial integrity and that is has urged. the three summit priorities i just outlined demonstrate how far we've evolved. the reasons for its continued success are clear. the alliance has over the last 63 years proven to be an adaptable, durable, and cost provider of security. when president obama welcomes his...
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but i welcome the commission's conclusion that nato -- now i quote from the commission report that nato conducted a highly precise campaign with a demonstrable determination to avoid civilian casualties. and the commission also recognized nato's objective to take all necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties entirely. and based on the report from this independent commission, i can also clearly state that nato was not in breach of international law in the way we conducted the operation in libya. we conducted operations in libya in full accordance with the united nations mandate and with international law. of course in a complex military campaign, the risk to civilians can never be zero, but we did everything to minimize it. >> just a follow-up about russia. are you not concerned about all the problem about the rearmament that putin made during his campaign and what about the nato/russia summit. will it be held in -- indefinitely or not? >> well, as a politician, i'm used to many things during election campaigns. and what counts is the concrete steps that are taken once the elect
but i welcome the commission's conclusion that nato -- now i quote from the commission report that nato conducted a highly precise campaign with a demonstrable determination to avoid civilian casualties. and the commission also recognized nato's objective to take all necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties entirely. and based on the report from this independent commission, i can also clearly state that nato was not in breach of international law in the way we conducted the operation...
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nato leaders argue the alliance is strong and necessary. they dined together in chicago's soldier field football stadium with michelle obama hosting leader spouses at the city's main art museum. the summit the nato has held outside of washington wraps up monday. in chicago nick bogert for nbc news. >>> what could be the worst clashes are fueling fears that deadly conflict in neighboring syria is bleeding across the border. six people were reportedly wounded as rockets and machine guns were fired on the capital this morning. the clashes erupted in beirut hours after an anti-syrian cl r cleric and his bodyguard were shot dead. security forces say they sped through a check point in lebanon. some residents in nearby tripoli burned tires and blocked roads in protests. they say they deeply regret the incident. >>> well, the man found responsible for the 1988 lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people will be buried today in libya. in august 2009 abdul ba set ail a gra hi returned to libya after he was freed by the government in scotland on humanita
nato leaders argue the alliance is strong and necessary. they dined together in chicago's soldier field football stadium with michelle obama hosting leader spouses at the city's main art museum. the summit the nato has held outside of washington wraps up monday. in chicago nick bogert for nbc news. >>> what could be the worst clashes are fueling fears that deadly conflict in neighboring syria is bleeding across the border. six people were reportedly wounded as rockets and machine guns...
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in which nato would be helping russia protect its territory just as much as russia would be helping nato i think all that leads to the kind of confidence that. both necessary and sufficient to move forward well from what we're told they say european missile defense system is really directed against the iranian threat and it will be fully operational in two thousand and eighteen there are numerous ways right now to contain iran u.s. is building bases around it israel has kept abilities international sanctions are in place it really doesn't look like in the nearest future for another five six years see iran will be representing a real threat to nato so why so what is the purpose of this whole european anti-missile system if iran is contained well there's a i think a legitimate debate that we could have maybe if we had more time about can iran a regime that has a radical ideology that has pledged to wipe the country not far from its borders off the map whether it could really be contained. but yes the threat today is not. as bad as we think it will be five ten years ago ten ten years from n
in which nato would be helping russia protect its territory just as much as russia would be helping nato i think all that leads to the kind of confidence that. both necessary and sufficient to move forward well from what we're told they say european missile defense system is really directed against the iranian threat and it will be fully operational in two thousand and eighteen there are numerous ways right now to contain iran u.s. is building bases around it israel has kept abilities...
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that is for nato. that is the recognized way in which every enlargement has happened between 1952 when greece and turkey were the first two countries to join nato until 2008 when the last two, albania and croatia, became members and will continue to adhere to that fundamental decision we all made in bucharest. an invitation will be forthcoming, has been reached. there's no change in position. we've had the same position since 2008. yes? >> thank you, originally from the center of european reform. we recognize that defense industrial interest do remain an obstacle to defense corporation and i wondered if if you had any suggestions on how the obstacle could be overcome. >> very important question, part of the obstacles for smart defense is if you want to have industrial cooperation, joint procurement of weapons systems you need to do that on the industrial side as well as in the policy side. one reason nations are hesitating internationally is they want to defend their own defense industries. some of the
that is for nato. that is the recognized way in which every enlargement has happened between 1952 when greece and turkey were the first two countries to join nato until 2008 when the last two, albania and croatia, became members and will continue to adhere to that fundamental decision we all made in bucharest. an invitation will be forthcoming, has been reached. there's no change in position. we've had the same position since 2008. yes? >> thank you, originally from the center of european...
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no was planning to kill some very onset of the operation that wasn't nato has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done and through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago alexander of first both nato deputy secretary thank you very much for this and it's a pleasure. admission free credit cation free in-store charges free arrangement free. three stooges free. old free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media down to r.t. dot com. site fifty two meters. weight more than eight thousand tons. skin thickness thirty centimeters the guinness record holder. commemorating the battle of stalingrad. the motherland called. on our team. the headlines on our team and dmitri medvedev is expected to be voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers before forming a new government. and a hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office some of them have been camping out of a knife after police made around. four
no was planning to kill some very onset of the operation that wasn't nato has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done and through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago alexander of first both nato deputy secretary thank you very much for this and it's a pleasure. admission free credit cation free in-store charges free arrangement free. three stooges free. old free...
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, nato either goes out of business or out of area. and they did go into afghan >>> five seconds. >> george zimmerman will never be convicted of second-degree murder. >> john edwards will not be convicted of major campaign violations. >> rich? >> if romney loses, rand paul will run for president, taking up the baton from his father. >> mort? >> china will have its first >> i predict iran is in a day talk mode and will signal a deal with
, nato either goes out of business or out of area. and they did go into afghan >>> five seconds. >> george zimmerman will never be convicted of second-degree murder. >> john edwards will not be convicted of major campaign violations. >> rich? >> if romney loses, rand paul will run for president, taking up the baton from his father. >> mort? >> china will have its first >> i predict iran is in a day talk mode and will signal a deal with
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, a nato organization. so the transfer of intelligence and information became an issue as well, and it's probably a critical point we need to talk about, is exchange of information skpand the need to share, not the need to know. we looked at this problem given the tasks we had, and we established the tnc as bengazi. we knew if it fell, it would be very difficult and the population was under severe danger. regime forces had orders to kill every male between 17 and 40 years old as soon as they got into bengazi. that is the threat that was faced by the tnc and its people. tripoli was identified as the center of gravity for regime forces because orders remained and emanated from tripoli. the power remained there. finally, from a nato gravity was the alliance itself, making sure all of us would stick together. we looked at the problem, and because of the difficulty in identifying who was whom, in fact, it became difficult for us to get involved in any closing battle. in fact, the strategy designed was to hit con
, a nato organization. so the transfer of intelligence and information became an issue as well, and it's probably a critical point we need to talk about, is exchange of information skpand the need to share, not the need to know. we looked at this problem given the tasks we had, and we established the tnc as bengazi. we knew if it fell, it would be very difficult and the population was under severe danger. regime forces had orders to kill every male between 17 and 40 years old as soon as they...
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nato led air strikeselpe al gadhafi. no results. the first libya's commission an 200 the it says the national forces alliance led by fo seats. the mu trailed well behin seats. libyan seats are allocated for nonaffiliated lawm lace is newly elected parliament's first priority. minister. fou tourists has exploded in bugaria 30. ea city of afternoon. bulgarian state tourists boarded the bus in a car park in the arrival terminal. the israelis had just landed at the scene were caugh explosion. burgus is a popular resort with israelis. their government has been asking bulgaria to improve security airport and are investigating what they suspect is a prime minister it for the explosion. netanyahu said a series of recent attacks on be are all added that israel testified s a economy. what h fed chairman ben bernanke said the american economy is unlikely to go back into recession. >> well a house committee on an ted out ding. he said the central ban ssing whether the weakness structural factors. s about the eurozone's efforts to tackle >> i do
nato led air strikeselpe al gadhafi. no results. the first libya's commission an 200 the it says the national forces alliance led by fo seats. the mu trailed well behin seats. libyan seats are allocated for nonaffiliated lawm lace is newly elected parliament's first priority. minister. fou tourists has exploded in bugaria 30. ea city of afternoon. bulgarian state tourists boarded the bus in a car park in the arrival terminal. the israelis had just landed at the scene were caugh explosion....
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but nato was not interested in receiving them. they did not ask for them, but we offered them. we presented it to them and gave them several weeks to reply. to answer to provide some exculpatory information and point out any errors. ultimately they got on the phone, but they did not contest. >> did that change the policy at all? >> well, it is hard to tell, nato is a very unusual umbrella organization that stands for on the surface transparency, civilian control of the military. and yet when you go to nato and said, we want to talk about this particular event, there is a particular game of keep away that is played to try to keep anonymity, whereby each country that participates in nato can participate, but not on the operational level. so you don't know which country dropped that bomb unless you walk it back. so most of the americans don't know that the danes bombed some civilians and when you go to nato they say you have to talk to the host and the participating nations about this and when you talk to them, you have to talk to nato and the loop goes nowhere and at the end of t
but nato was not interested in receiving them. they did not ask for them, but we offered them. we presented it to them and gave them several weeks to reply. to answer to provide some exculpatory information and point out any errors. ultimately they got on the phone, but they did not contest. >> did that change the policy at all? >> well, it is hard to tell, nato is a very unusual umbrella organization that stands for on the surface transparency, civilian control of the military. and...
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studying history has helped me when i went to the nato job to reveal some of the characteristics that we ar with. and we look at current an then past history of transformation efforts that succeeded or failed and a point i learned f gray was this, we cannot adopt, we in the westerncaot adopt a s ular approach to war because the enemy will generally move toward our perceived weakness, if we decide we will only count counter insurgency, or we will only fight conventional war, the enemy will go to the weakness. it's simply the paradox of war. that said, there are sign posts, i think from recent campaigns, and if you look at bosnz neknee rwanda, they have a poorly fought conventional fight with significant unconventional as pictures. if you look at second lebanon, you find a largely unconventional fight fought in south lebanon, with significant conventional aspects. you are seeing, and i do not like putting words like this in front of war, you are seeing a high brid of war that we have, so present in our experience and database, these are wars fought among the people. among innocent peopl
studying history has helped me when i went to the nato job to reveal some of the characteristics that we ar with. and we look at current an then past history of transformation efforts that succeeded or failed and a point i learned f gray was this, we cannot adopt, we in the westerncaot adopt a s ular approach to war because the enemy will generally move toward our perceived weakness, if we decide we will only count counter insurgency, or we will only fight conventional war, the enemy will go to...
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the nato summit is very soon. do you see any risk that the program in afghanistan, both in terms of troop levels and in terms of financial support for the afghan army, that that could erode before you're at the finish line here? >> no, i don't, actually. i think what is remarkable about afghanistan in the last three years is the degree of unity within the alliance and among the 50 countries that contribute troops to isaf. that has persisted throughout the time i have been there and i think remains solid. when we get to chicago, we will see this is a solid coalition committed to a strategy that was agreed. in the last nato summit in lisbon, we would try gradually and over time build up the afghan security forces to provide for the security of the country. by the end of 2014, it is the responsibility of the forces to ensure security throughout the entire country. that strategy, i think, has been proven to work. we will get together in chicago in a few weeks where we will reaffirm the centrality of that strategy. we
the nato summit is very soon. do you see any risk that the program in afghanistan, both in terms of troop levels and in terms of financial support for the afghan army, that that could erode before you're at the finish line here? >> no, i don't, actually. i think what is remarkable about afghanistan in the last three years is the degree of unity within the alliance and among the 50 countries that contribute troops to isaf. that has persisted throughout the time i have been there and i...
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has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done and through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago aleksandr first voted to deputy secretary thank you very much for this and a pleasure. i was. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the material is worth. journalism on we. we want to present. something else. the headlines on our t.v. and the changes at the top in russia vladimir putin outlines his new presidential policies while dmitri medvedev could soon be applying his modernization strategies as prime minister however protest marches do continue with some clashes reported and arrests. standing up to germany's euro dominance and ending foreign wars started by is pretty france's newly elected socialist leader is facing tough pressure to leave. and it's a vote for stability for many in syria after people made their choice in the country's first multi-party election
has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done and through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago aleksandr first voted to deputy secretary thank you very much for this and a pleasure. i was. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the material is worth. journalism on we. we want to present. something else. the headlines on our...
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others raised the question of nato's budget. apparently there is a financial crisis within nato. how do you explain this? second question, several months after the fall of gadhafi's regime we are still waiting for the operational report from nato. how is that coming on? >> there is no financial crisis within nato. quite obviously there is an economic challenge. but i feel that we have found responses to that at the chicago summit. the solution is indeed our smart defense initiative. we are going to promote cooperation on a multilateral basis and, as you are aware, we have adopted a certain number of multinational concrete projects and this is a very compelling response. this is the path to be followed in order to avoid that the financial crisis will become a security crisis so there is no financial crisis within nato. we are, indeed, facing an economic challenge, and we have found a solution to that challenge. would you mind reminding me of your question on libya? several months after the fall of the gadhafi re jagime we haven' had a final report of operations in libya. why not?
others raised the question of nato's budget. apparently there is a financial crisis within nato. how do you explain this? second question, several months after the fall of gadhafi's regime we are still waiting for the operational report from nato. how is that coming on? >> there is no financial crisis within nato. quite obviously there is an economic challenge. but i feel that we have found responses to that at the chicago summit. the solution is indeed our smart defense initiative. we...
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very much encourage it and i'd like to first go to diana diana is the the intervention that we saw nato undergo was it an intervention without responsibility because libya is a mess and it's getting messier all the time particularly in light of the last few hours a day or so of torture charges and the n.p.c. is proving to be very very inept. well that was perfectly foreseeable when you when you go in and change a regime by bombing you know you're causing chaos. and they didn't seem to care that they were going to be causing chaos because they didn't like gadhafi and they seized an opportunity to get rid of leader that they didn't like figuring perhaps or wrongly that anything would be more favorable since any new leaders would be grateful to them for coming to power but that definitely remains to be seen ok nic if i go to you. i'm going to do a play on words here i mean a lot of people see there was an illegitimate use of force with the u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three to overthrow gadhafi and because of that it would make use of force we see illegitimate use of force also
very much encourage it and i'd like to first go to diana diana is the the intervention that we saw nato undergo was it an intervention without responsibility because libya is a mess and it's getting messier all the time particularly in light of the last few hours a day or so of torture charges and the n.p.c. is proving to be very very inept. well that was perfectly foreseeable when you when you go in and change a regime by bombing you know you're causing chaos. and they didn't seem to care that...
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has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done and through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago alexander first phone until deputy secretary thank you very much for this and it's a pleasure. into . wealthy british. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. global financial headlines. good luck. to believe. anything mission to teach. this is why you should care only. changes at the top in russia. his new president. could soon be applying his modernization strategies as prime minister. continue with some clashes and arrest me. dominance and ending foreign wars started by his predecessor france's newly elected socialist leader is facing tough pressure of the sarkozy era behind. both for stability for after people made their choice in a country. in half a century but it was the opposition which held protests. so they had lines here in our back at the top of the hour with more updates in th
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opposite and become closer to washington islamabad has closed the border crossings to supplies for nato troops out of the u.s. bombing up to pakistan a checkpoint last november in which twenty four troops died. price wants to be the first european country to introduce a controversial financial transactions tax starting in all its present legal articles each as his country wants to provoke sharp and set an example for all the e.u. member states to do the same the tax is opposed by the british government which says such a time should be applied globally opponents believe the levy could see financial services and other business relocate from the lead to other countries without the tax to save money. he sent people have been killed and eighteen injured in a major highway crash in poor visibility in florida five cars and six trunks were involved with some bursting into flames visibility from haze that smoke on the dark highway was so appalled that rescuers at first located victims only by hearing their cries for help the earth or she's are still trying to determine what caused the piled up.
opposite and become closer to washington islamabad has closed the border crossings to supplies for nato troops out of the u.s. bombing up to pakistan a checkpoint last november in which twenty four troops died. price wants to be the first european country to introduce a controversial financial transactions tax starting in all its present legal articles each as his country wants to provoke sharp and set an example for all the e.u. member states to do the same the tax is opposed by the british...
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widespread abuse of former gadhafi supporters and as a financial reports hopes are fading that the nato backed government can actually offer a new beginning. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n.t.s.c. run libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continue torture of prisoners say the doctors and now after two inmates died from beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to work on tuesdays and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. it started with the ve
widespread abuse of former gadhafi supporters and as a financial reports hopes are fading that the nato backed government can actually offer a new beginning. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n.t.s.c. run libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continue torture of prisoners...
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last week, the secretary-general of nato, mr. rasmussen, said that the alliance has not even discussed the possibility of nato action in syria, saying -- quote -- "i don't envision such a role for the alliance." the following day, the supreme allied commander, admiral james stavridis, testified to the senate armed services committee that nato has done no contingency planning, none, for potential military operations in syria. that's not how nato approached bosnia or kosovo or libya. is it now the policy of nato or the united states, for that matter, to tell the perpetrators of mass atrocities in syria or elsewhere that they can go on killing innocent civilians by the hundreds of thousands and the greatest alliance in history will not even bore to conduct any planning about how we might stop them? is that nato's policy now? is that our policy? because that is the practical effect of this kind of rhetoric. it gives assad and his foreign allies a green light for greater brutality. not surprisingly, many countries, especially syria's
last week, the secretary-general of nato, mr. rasmussen, said that the alliance has not even discussed the possibility of nato action in syria, saying -- quote -- "i don't envision such a role for the alliance." the following day, the supreme allied commander, admiral james stavridis, testified to the senate armed services committee that nato has done no contingency planning, none, for potential military operations in syria. that's not how nato approached bosnia or kosovo or libya. is...